A History of Latin America

CHILEAN POLITICS AND ECONOMY 257

War of the Pacifi c

Nitrates

Nitrates

Copper

Copper

PACIFIC OCEAN

TARAPACÁ

ANTOFAGASTA

ATACAMA

PERU

BOLIVIA

ARGENTINA

CHILE

Lake

Titicaca

Lake

Poopó

0 150 Mi.

0 50 100 150 Km.

50 100

325 Miles

210 Miles

16 °

18 °

20 °

22 °

24 °

26 °

28 °

Chile

returned

Tacna

to Peru

1929

1899

Prewar Peruvian border

Prewar Bolivian border

Prewar Chilean border

Postwar Chile

SOUTH

AMERICA

Area of

main map